Wythenshawe and Sale East (UK Parliament constituency)
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| Wythenshawe and Sale East Borough constituency |
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| Wythenshawe and Sale East shown within Greater Manchester, and Greater Manchester shown within England | |
| Created: | 1997 |
| MP: | Paul Goggins |
| Party: | Labour |
| Type: | House of Commons |
| County: | Greater Manchester |
| EP constituency: | North West England |
Wythenshawe and Sale East is a parliamentary constituency in the city of Manchester. It returns one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected by the first past the post system.
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The seat contains the massive post-war built council estate in Wythenshawe (once the biggest in Europe), eight miles south of Manchester city centre, and the suburban, more middle-class areas of Sale to Wythenshawe's West. Wards like Benchill have their share of social and economic problems, and are safe Labour holdings, enough to make this a secure seat for them at Westminster, despite Conservative voters in East Sale.
[edit] Members of Parliament
- 1997 – present: Paul Goggins, Labour
[edit] Election results
| General Election 2005: Wythenshawe and Sale East | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Paul Goggins | 18,878 | 52.2 | -7.8 | |
| Conservative | Jane Meehan | 8,051 | 22.3 | -1.7 | |
| Liberal Democrat | Alison Firth | 7,766 | 21.5 | +9.2 | |
| UK Independence | William Ford | 1,120 | 3.1 | +3.1 | |
| Socialist Alternative | Lynn Worthington | 369 | 1.0 | +1.0 | |
| Majority | 10,827 | 29.9 | |||
| Turnout | 36,184 | 50.4 | +1.8 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | -3.0 | |||
| General Election 2001: Wythenshawe and Sale East | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Paul Goggins | 21,032 | 60.0 | +1.9 | |
| Conservative | Susan Fildes | 8,424 | 24.0 | -1.1 | |
| Liberal Democrat | Vanessa Tucker | 4,320 | 12.3 | -0.1 | |
| Green | Lance Crookes | 869 | 2.5 | N/A | |
| Socialist Labour | Fred Shaw | 410 | 1.2 | -0.9 | |
| Majority | 12,608 | 36.0 | |||
| Turnout | 35,055 | 48.6 | -14.6 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| General Election 1997: Wythenshawe and Sale East | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Paul Goggins | 26,448 | 58.1 | +8.6 | |
| Conservative | P. Fleming | 11,429 | 25.1 | -9.8 | |
| Liberal Democrat | Vanessa Tucker | 5,639 | 12.4 | -2.1 | |
| Referendum Party | B. Stanyer | 1,060 | 2.3 | N/A | |
| Socialist Labour | J.D. Flannery | 957 | 2.1 | N/A | |
| Majority | 15,019 | 32.99 | |||
| Turnout | 63.17 | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | +9.20 | |||
